Rim for automobile wheels



Aug. 2.1927.

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UNITED-stares CHARLES L. STEWART, OF JACSONVILLE, ALABAMA.

RIM FOR AUTOMOBILE WHEELS. y

Application filed January 21, 1926. Serial No. 82,773.

rIhis invention relates to tire` carrying rims for automobile wheels, and has for one ot its objects the provision of' a device of this character which shall embody two sections of which one shall be adapted to permanently remain on the wheel and the other of which shall be readily removable to perlmit a punctured or otherwise damaged tire to be easily and quickly removed and the repaired or a new tire replaced on and secured to the wheel.

A further object of the invent-ionis the provision of novel and simple means for permanently securing one of the rim sections and removably securing the other to the wheel. i

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyM ing drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a sectional view taken on a plane extending vertically 'and centrally through a tire carrying rim constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view illustrating the application or the tire carrying rim to a wheel and the means for securing the rim in place.

The tire carrying comprises two sections l and 2 which are adapted to be mounted on the felly 3 of a wheel 4 with their adjacent edges incontact, and are provided at their remote edges with flanges la and 2a, respectively, adapted to contact with the sides of a tire. Inner lugs 5 and a shoulder or fiange 6 on the inner section l and contacting' with the inner side of the felly 8, are employed to permanently secure said section in place, and outer lugs 7 are employed to removably secure the outer section 2 to the rim. The lugs 5 are secured to the rim 3 by bolts 8 and nuts 9. The bolts 8 pass through the lugs 5 and rim 3, and the nuts 9 are mounted on the bolts 8 for contact with the outer side of the felly 3. The lugs are secured in place by the bolts 8 and nuts l0, and are provided in their inner sides with recesses 1l for the reception of the nuts 9. The nuts l0 are applied to the bolts 8 for contact with the louter'sides ot the lugs 7. The lugs 5 contact with the shoulder 6 and with the fia-nge laN of the ini ner in which it is secured to the wheel permit the tire to be readily removed in order to repair a thereto or in order to replace it by a new tire. The removal of the nuts l0 from the bolts 8 permits the lugs 7. toy be removed, and after the removal of these lugs the sectionl 2 and tire may be easily pulled off of the wheel. The shoulder or fiange 6 prevents the section l from being pulled oft' of the wheel during the removal therefrom of the section-2 and the tire. The lugs 5, bolts 8 and nuts 9 prevent the displacement of the section 1, during the application of the tire to the wheel, and the recesses ll in the lugs 7 permits the latter to be held in full abutting contact with thev rim 3 and flange 2a by the nuts 10. The rim may be made for use in connection with tires of the clincher or straight side type and may be made of sheet steel or other suitable material.

It should be understood that the drawing is merely illustrative and does not pretend to give eXact proportions. Furthermore, the said drawing is illustrative of a preferred construction, it being my expectation that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my inventio-n.

Vile wish to use plain or lock nuts and more than specified number of bolts and lugs to bolt rims to different malte of machines and trucks where necessary.

In combination, a wheel, a rim embodying inner and outer sections resting on the felly of the wheel with their adjacent edges contacting with each other, said rim sections being provided at their remote edges with tire retaining flanges and said inner rim section being provided with an annular shoulder contacting with the inner side ol the felly. inner lugs contacting with the felly and with the shoulder and flange of puncture or other injury the inner rim section, bolts passing through the lugs and telly, nuts mounted on the bolts and contacting With the outer side of the telly, outer lugs mounted on the bolts and contacting With the Outer rim section and with the flange thereof, said outer lugs be* ing provided in their inner sides With recesses for the reception of the nuts, and other nuts mounted on the bolts and con- Jmeting with the outer sides lugs.

In testi mony whereof I aix my signature.`

oHRLEsL. STEWART.

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